I prefer the catwalk version as well. Gwyn’s locks look like they’re glued to her face, a nice and wavy hairdo like the model would’ve been preferred. Red lips as well, and to compensate for the deep neckline I’d go for the black tights, sorry FC!

The focal point in this dress is an expanse of flat, bare skin; the effect is anything but alluring. It’s interesting (puzzling, even) , that it could be so – but it’s about as sensual as a young child’s chest. If Kim Kardashian wore this, extra double-sided tape would be called for, and the look would be too outrageously exposed in the other direction. There’s no outrage here, with nothing to show (and no interest).

The look is also not aided by her knock-kneed, pigeontoed stance, nor by the ruffly texturized fabric, which adds inches all round, but not in a body-conscious way. It reminds me of ruffled petticoats women used to wear in antebellum times to add to their silhouettes.

On the model, the black sheer hose give a long, continuous, sensual line, but on Paltrow, it’s as if she is wearing another woman’s dress (and she is – this is not her, and not her best look by far).